Folding bed



N. USIEVICH.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1919.

Patented June 27, 1922.

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' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1919.

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FOLDlN-G BED.

L APPLICATION FILED lUNE 7. I919. 1,420,894.

PatentedJuneZZ 1922.

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I INVENTOR NIGHM I. US/EVICH NIGHM I. USIEVICI-I, OF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA.

FOLDING BED.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1922.

Application filed June '7, 1919. Serial No. 302,442.

To all whomc't may concern.

Be it known that I, NIGHM I. USIEVIOH, a citizen of Russia, residing atSan Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, haveinvented a new and useful Folding Bed, of which the following is aspecification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilledin the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a folding sofa bed, and its object is toproduce a bed which will be very compact, and which will give the userthe benefit of a full length bed without unduly increasing the size ofthe frame containing the folding portions of the bed.

Another object of the invention is to produce a folding bed which willbe very easy of operation because of the leverages allowed to lift thespring and matress out of the frame in which they are folded;

A further object of the invention is to lower the bed in placein itsenclosing box with the least disturbance of the bed clothing, therebymakingit easier to make up the bed than in those cases where the bedclothes are completely overturned, or than in those instances where onesection of the bedfolds over the top of another section.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings in which thesame reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but Iam aware that there may be modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the bed as it appears when completelyclosed, a portion of the end of the enclosing box being broken away forpurposes of illustration,

Figure 2 is an end view of the bed as it appears in the first openingposition, with the back rest method, a portion of the end of the boxbeing broken away for purposes of illustration,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one end of the seat as it appears whencompletely opened,

Figures 4 and 5 respectively, are plan and side elevation of two of thelinks connected with the seat arm,

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the foot board support,

Figure 7 is an end View of the bed as it appears whenin the secondopening position,

Figure 8 is an end view ofv the bed with a portion of the enclosing boxbroken away, showing the bed completely open and ready for use,

Figures 9 and 10 are respectively side elevation and plan of one of thejoints of the side ralls connecting the back bed section and center bedsection. Figure 11 is'a plan view of the bed as it appears whencompletely opened, and

Figure 12 is a front end elevation of the bed as it appears whencompletely opened.

The box for enclosing the bed consists of a bottom 1, to which issecured a low front side 2, with a highback 3, and ends 4 and 5 whichactas arm pieces for the sofa when the bed is so used.

At the top of the back, there is ahorizontal piece 6 which provides thenecessary space for one member of the mattress frame to fold into, andwhich has the seat back 7 secured thereto by means of the four hinges 8to 11 inclusive.

The bed proper consists of three sections, one of'which stands at theback when the bed is closed and has a frame as indicated by the numbers12, 13 and 14c. The middle section consists of the ,side frame members15 and 16 which are hinged to the front section consisting of twomembers 17 and 18 pivotally' connected to theframe members 15 and 16 andconnected together by means of the end frame member 19.

The bed has any suitable bed fabric 20 secured in its place by thesprings 21.

The back section of the bed is supported by two links 22, 23 and isguided in its movement by means of two short links 24:, 25, the latterpair of links being slotted to permit a certain looseness of' movementwhereby the back bed section may be caused to stand uprightat the backof the box when the bed is folded.

The front end of the back bed section is supported wholly bythe framemembers 15 and 16 towhich the members 12 and 1d are pivotally connected;and those'frame members are in turn supported by two frame members orlegs 26 and 27 which have a horizontally extending member 28 connectedtherewith and to which the frame members 26, 27 are also connected bymeans of the braces 28, 29. When the bed is open for use the front framemembers 17 to 19 inclusive are supported in a horizontal position by thelinks 30 and 31 which are pivotally connected to the members 17 and 18respectively. The frame members 17 and 18 are each connected to theframe members 15 and 1G by the same kind of a joint is shown in l igs. 9and 10 for the connection of the members 15 and 12 to produce a jointwhich can be bent in only one direction. The lower end of the links 30and 31 are connected to two fixed arms 32 and 33 carried at the oppositeends of the seat Two spiral springs 35 and36 tend to hold the bed in theposition shown'in Figure 8, said springs being connected to the links80, 31 and to the under side of the back edge of the seat 3 1. he links31 and 32 also have pivotally connected with them, links 38 and 39 whichlinks are in turn pivotally connect ed to two levers 10, a1 whichsupport the frame consisting of the members 26 to 29 inclusive. Saidlevers also prevent the bed from moving laterally when in use.

These levers 10 and 11 are pivotally mounted on-the inside of the seatends near the front of the seat. The seat itself has its front endpivotally connected to two L shaped levers 13 and 14 WlllCll-lCVGl'S arealso pivotally connected to the inside of the bed frame near its front.In order to hold the seat oil the floor at the proper elevation, it hastwo fixed legs 45 and 16 which also serve to prevent the back from beingpushed back too far, note particularly Fig. 1.

The arms 32 and 33 have links 47 and lS pivotally connected therewith attheir ends, and these links are in turn connected to two links a9 and50in turn pivotally connected to the levers 30 and 31.

The pivot at the upper end of the links 30, 31 also has links 52, 53connected therewith, which links are connected att lieir opposite endsto the frame members 26, 27 for the purpose cit-shifting said frame tothe proper position to be engaged by the levers 4.0, ell when the bed isready for use. In order to prevent the bed frame from dropping down whenan attempt is made to fold it up, two heavy springs 55 and 56 areconnected with the back end of the bed. frame and with the transversemember 28.

Any suitable head board as 57 may be attached to the frame members 17and 18. In order to prevent the links 17 and 49 from straightening outtoo far and passing a dead center, the links 49 and 50 are provided withoverlapping lugs as illustrated at 50 in Figs. 4 and 5, which lugsprevent said links from moving beyond the position shown in Figure 1.

In operation, the heavy springs and 56 are in a compressed conditionwhen the bed is completely foldednp, and hold it up so that the legs 26,27 and bar 28 connected thereto will not strike the bottom of the frameenclosing the bed. As the bed is opened, these springs are graduallystretched to the position shown in Figs. 8 and 11, while at the sametime, the springs 35, 36 are gradually compressed until upon the roarplete opening of the bed they will appear shown in Fig. 8.

It will also be observed that in opening, the links 52, move so that theends of said links connected to links 30, 31, pass the center of thepivot point on the supporting legs 1-9, 50, thereby insuring the lockingof the bed so that it cannot fold up unexpectedly.

hen the bed is completely opened, the links e7, 48 rest upon shoulders60 on the ends of the bed seat, andthe weight of the bed is thus carriedto the legs 4:5, 46.

It is also to be observed that the links 17, 4-9 and their pair 4-8, 50at the opposite end of the bed seat, are so shaped that they annot passthe position indicated in F 7 in order to insure lifting the bedproperly as it is brought out of the frame and to prevent it fromfalling down as it might if those links were not so shaped as topreventthem from pa. out of the position shown in Fig. 7.

lVhen the bed is closed the scat rests on stops G2, 63 on the inside ofthe ends of the enclosing frame.

it will also be observed that the legs 26, 27 and the bar 28 connectedthereto hold the bed frame sides from moving in under the tension of thesprings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let.- ters Patent of the United States is as follows, expressreservation being made of. permissible modifications.

1. A folding davenport comprising an enclosing frame, a bed frameinthree hinged sections, links for connecting one of said sections tothe davenport frame, an overturning seat connected to the davenportframe, links connecting the bed sections with the seat for the supportof the bed sections, a support for the central portion of the bedextending to the seat when overturned, a spring connected with the endof one of the hinged bed sections and with said support to assist inmanipulating the bed and a spring connected with the seat and bed framelinks to further assist in manipulating the bed.

2. A folding davenport comprising an enclosing frame, a spring bed inthree hinged sections, a pair of. links for supporting one of saidsections, one for preventing said sections from moving away from. theframe more than a fixed amount, an overturning seat adapted to cover allof the sections, links extending from the seat to the two remainingsections for their support and a pair of links connected with theenclosing frame and with one of the bed sectionsto cause one of the bedsections to stand vertically at the back of the enclosing frame whenthebed: is folded.

3. A folding davenport comprising an en closing frame, three hingedsections forming the spring bed frame, links for connecting one end ofthe bed frame with the enclosing frame, an overturning seat, linksconnecting the seat with the enclosing frame, other links connecting theseat and spring bed frame, a support extending from the central portionof the spring bed frame to the seat, springs connecting said support tothe bed frame to assist in folding the bed frame, and other springsconnecting the supporting bed links to the seat to assist in themanipulation of the bed frame.

4;. A folding davenport comprising an enclosing frame, three hingedsections forming a spring bed frame, links connecting one of saidsections to the davenport frame, positioned to cause that section torise and stand vertically at the back of the enclosing frame, anoverturning seat connected to the davenport frame, supporting linkstherefor, links connecting the front bed section and seat sectionwhereby the bed sections may be concealed in the frame when the seat isoverturned without overturning them, and a swinging support carried bythe middle bed section to bear upon the seat section for the support ofthe middle of the bed.

5. A folding davenport comprising an enclosing frame, three hingedsections forming a spring bed frame, links connecting one of saidsections to the davenport frame, an overturning seat connected to thedavenport frame, links connecting said seat with the bed sections, legsextending from the central portion of the bed frame downwardly to formthe lateral support of the bed frame, and swinging stops upon which saidlegs rest to support the bed frame.

6. A folding davenport comprising an enclosing frame, a bed frame inthree hinged sections, links connecting one of said sections to thedavenport frame, an overturning seat connected to the enclosing frame,links connecting said seat and the bed frame, a frame connected to thecentral portion of the bed frame to prevent the sides thereof frommoving toward the frame, and stops on the seat on which the supportingframe rests when the bed is completely opened.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27" day of May A.D. 1919.

NIGHM I. USIEVICH.

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